Rocket Atlas vwith the ship Starliner At its peak, this Jupiter return to the base will be the first manned space flight. Boeingtowards whose initiation International Space Station (EEI) is scheduled for next Saturday.
Shortly after 10:00 a.m. this Friday, the rocket and ship left a hangar to begin a slow transfer to the missile complex atop a large rolling platform. Cape Canaveral Space Force StationThe CFT (Crew Flight Test) mission will take off from Florida.
Photo provided by United Launch Alliance (ULA) shows details of the Boeing Starliner atop an Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility
“Butch and Suni, your rocket is on the launch pad!” United Launch Alliance (ULA), manufacturer of the Atlas V booster rocket, announced in a message to social media team members. Astronauts Pot Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Sunita Williams.
When and at what time will the Atlas V rocket take off?
Boeing's first manned spaceflight is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. America Next Saturday.
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If not reached on that day, the NASA, Boeing and ULA They are treating June 2, 5 and 6 as alternate dates, possibly during the day.
The switch to a rocket and capsule platform follows approval received during the final missile reviews on Wednesday.
A day ago, astronauts Wilmore And Williams They returned to the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral and have since been quarantined until Saturday's launch, as crew protocol dictates.
A photo provided by United Launch Alliance (ULA) shows an Atlas V rocket alongside a Boeing Starliner at the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) in Cape Canaveral this Thursday.
Why was the previous takeoff attempt aborted?
On May 6, Starliner was preparing to lift off toward the ISS Wilmore And Williams On board from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, but about two hours before launch, the operation was suspended after an anomaly was discovered in the liquid oxygen tank on the Atlas V.
The company removed the rocket and spacecraft from the platform to replace a valve in the rocket's oxygen tank, leading to a postponement of the mission's launch, which was delayed again when technicians discovered a helium leak in the module. Starliner.
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As reported Pot Last week, the leak was traced to a defective seal on one of the vessel's 28 flanges.
The success of the task will allow Boeing Get the necessary certifications to act as a second provider of cargo and crew transport to the ISS, as SpaceX has already done after the two private companies signed multimillion-dollar contracts with NASA.